The Composite Human

• The Infinite Monkey Typewriter Scenario is False!

  The infinite monkey theorem: a thought experiment posed by Émile Borel that states an infinite number of monkeys sat at an infinite number of typewriter would inevitably, eventually type a direct copy of Shakespeare play. The idea of the theorem is that given a single event and infinite time, an infinite number of alternate outcomes…

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  Jamal H. Goodwin Jr.

  Oct 28, 2024

  Animal Behavior, Animal Psychology, animals, Émile Borel, Curiosity, Free Will, Humor, Infinite Monkey Theorem, Instinct, Monkeys, Nature, Neuroscience, Opinion, Philosophy, Probability, Randomness, Rant, Science, The Wild, Wilderness

• What Makes a Sudden Genius?

  There’s something uniquely terrifying about head injuries. If you’ve broken an arm once, then the next time you’ll know what you’re in for. But when it comes to a bonk on the head… you’ll get a dice roll. And you’ll feel it, too. With an impact to the skull, your brain will jiggle, and a…

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  Jamal H. Goodwin Jr.

  Sep 28, 2024

  Accidental Savant, Acquired Savant, Acquired Savant Syndrome, Allan Snyder, Anthony Cicoria, Article, Autistic Savant, Berit Brogaard, Concussion, Congenital Savant, Consciousness, Creativity, Curiosity, Darold Treffert, Diana de Avila, Essay, Genetics, Head Injury, Identity, Jason Padgett, Left Anterior Lobe, Leigh Erceg, Neuroscience, OCD, Orlando Serrell, Philosophy, PTSD, Research, Savant, Savant Syndrome, Savantism, Science, Social Anxiety, Society, Struck By Genius, Subconscious, Sudden Savant, Synesthesia, Talent, TBI, Thalamus, Traumatic Brain Injury

• The Sisyphean Curse: For Better or Worse, We’re Always Changing

  We have agency in regards to the direction we go, but otherwise, we are all equally guided by the pull. It is no compact spiraling disc silently shredding us and swirling us to its center. Nor is it of the mind, an emotion perhaps like greed. Rather, the pull is the mind itself, every facet…

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  Jamal H. Goodwin Jr.

  Sep 21, 2024

  Curse of Sisyphus, Default Mode Network, Free Will, Habit, Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Routine, Science, Sisyphus, Thoughts

• The Four-Item Limit

  It’s a scenario everyone’s familiar with. You’ve got time on your hands, but there’s a lot to think about. You use the time sitting on the bus or reclined in bed to sort through those thoughts: Gotta do laundry before it gets late. Should start at 10 to finish at 3. Need to get my…

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  Jamal H. Goodwin Jr.

  Aug 24, 2024

  Article, Conscious, Consciousness, Curiosity, Default Mode Network, DMN, Essay, Free Will, Live Science, Memory, Neuroscience, New Scientist, Optimism, Philosophy, Psychology, Reflection, Science, Subconscious, The Mind, Thoughts

• Mind Swaps Make No Sense

  [Warning: this is a RANT, about a sci-fi trope 😆] Mind swaps make no sense. Neither does returning to a younger version of your body whilst keeping all your current memories. Y’know the brain is a physical thing, right? One that’s always changing shape, creating new neurons. And in each of these patterns of neurons…

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  Jamal H. Goodwin Jr.

  Aug 17, 2024

  Anatomy, Free Will, Identity, Memory, Mind swaps, Mindswaps, Neurons, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Rant, Sci-fi, Science, Speculation, The Brain, Thought Experiment

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